I was not on previous threads, so let me try. Apologize if I am repeating previous threads
I don’t think dating by age matters: at the end, hopefully, one boy finds one girl…
maybe there are less boys applying for shidduch, while more of them looking in other places? males everywhere are less risk-averse than females.
that is – very traditional boys interested in less traditional girls; less traditional boys interested in not-so-observant girls; not-so observant boys interested in non-observant girls, etc, etc